Democrats win the House, and he’s already fired Sessions: Trump thread 87

[TheClaws]

We start this new thread on a brighter note: the mid-terms were a win for the Democrats, securing the House of Representatives and further seats in the Senate. This means more scrutiny for POTUS and the GOP, and bargaining power.

He’s still a feckless, vain bully, oddly admired by some varieties of Christians - enjoy the cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/19/white-house-correspondents-dinner-ditches-comedians-for-a-history-lesson

www.indy100.com/article/president-donald-trump-toilet-brush-etsy-new-zealand-8639656

www.indy100.com/article/slavery-civil-war-texas-schools-focus-racism-us-8641271

I think aim high but be prepared to go low.

This is going to run and run.

WH backs down

Re: Trump saying “we should have captured Osama bin Laden long before we did”. Brennan is wonderfully articulate and expresses his distaste and horror for Trump exceedingly well.

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You constantly remind us how substantively shallow & dishonest you are on so many fronts, which is why we are in such dangerous times. You would need an extremely tall ladder to get anywhere near the level of intellect, competence & integrity of Bill McRaven & your predecessors.

I salute you, Mr Brennan!

www.politico.com/story/2018/11/19/troops-us-mexico-border-come-home-1005510

But her emails

Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of emails about government business last year

www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/ivanka-trump-used-a-personal-email-account-to-send-hundreds-of-emails-about-government-business-last-year/2018/11/19/6515d1e0-e7a1-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html

This is horrifying

Pompeo handed Riyadh a plan to shield MBS from Khashoggi fallout: Source
#Khashoggi

US Secretary of State gave Mohammed bin Salman a roadmap to insulate himself from the scandal, a senior Saudi source tells MEE

www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudis-using-pompeos-plan-shield-leadership-khashoggi-fallout-says-source-1684431379

It is.

shareblue.com/ivanka-trump-private-email-use-white-house-business/

'White House tried to hide Ivanka Trump’s private email use.'

www.americanoversight.org/ivanka-emails

An historian instead of a comedian.

time.com/5458876/white-house-correspondents-dinner-host/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=time&utm_source=twitter.com

I thought the gloom would start to clear after the mid terms.
He seems to be becoming more unhinged. Thank goodness for those who keep challenging.

Are they going to lock her up?

Ivanka.

Oh Lweji, you know it's different because it's Ivanka, don't you?

Jim Baker speaks:

The Eerie Parallels Between Trump and the Watergate ‘Road Map’
Lawmakers thought Nixon’s gathering of inside information about the Watergate probe from DOJ was an impeachable offense.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/watergate-road-map-has-parallels-trump-and-flynn/576277/

How does this work, if one is pro-life?

WOSU News
‏*@wosunews*
A bill in the Ohio House would criminalize abortions in all cases, and possibly allow the death penalty against women who get abortions.

radio.wosu.org/post/ohio-legislature-considers-total-abortion-ban#stream/0

Manu Raju
‏*@mkraju*
House Dems not going to give Ivanka a pass. House Oversight had already been looking into use of private email in the WH and will continue the investigation in the new Congress, aide told me. The goal: To determine whether Ivanka and others complied with the law

Chuck Schumer
‏*@SenSchumer*
Did Matthew Whitaker share confidential information about Mueller’s investigation with President Trump?

@TheJusticeDept Inspector General must investigate now.

twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1064897355231703040

Oh dear.

www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fans-sink-savings-into-iraqi-dinar-scam

All talk as usual.

mainebeacon.com/collins-breaks-with-flake-refuses-to-compel-vote-on-protecting-mueller/

Meanwhile, in non crazy land:

Judge shoots down Trump's asylum ban, clearing the way for the migrant caravan

""Whatever the scope of the president's authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden," Judge Jon S. Tigar wrote in his decision against Trump, the Washington Post noted."

read.bi/2S1S3tK

oh Ivanka, did she not take any notice of the election campaign? Or is it do what I say, not as I would be done by? (ok, dont answer that)